- Title: The Burning Monk
- Artist: phydeoux
- Description: On June 11, 1963, Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk in Vietnam, burned himself to death in the middle of downtown Saigon. He assumed the traditional lotus position as his fellow monks poured gasoline over him. He used a match to ignite himself and burned to death. David Halberstam, a reporter for the New York Times stated that he never moved a muscle, or made a sound as he engulfed himself in flames. Thich Quang Duc's remains were later cremated and legend has it that his heart would not burn.
- Date: 08/31/2008
- Tags: burning vietnam vietnamese monk buddhist
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Comments (7 Comments)
- Get Outta of My Head - 09/06/2008
- Story behind avatar is intersting
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- wicked_ideal - 09/06/2008
- It's nice to see that some people put history with their avatars, not just items.
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- Asiris The Angel - 09/06/2008
- That sounds psycho O_o
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- josh1234521 - 09/06/2008
- NICE
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- fisheisley - 09/06/2008
- I think you did a great job choosing your subject matter, it's always great to see some research go into avatar entries.
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- StarArtist - 09/06/2008
- sad that is very sad and scary
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- tino rex - 09/06/2008
- I reconised it emediately without reading the description. It's a sad and interesting subject you've chosen and it's beatifull at the same time! rated 5/5
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